SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
254 PM CDT FRI APR 29 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
WESTERN MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS...
SOUTHWESTERN WILSON COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS...
SOUTHERN ELK COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS...
CHAUTAUQUA COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS...
* UNTIL 400 PM CDT
* AT 253 PM CDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM NEAR GRENOLA TO 8 MILES NORTHWEST OF SEDAN TO 5
MILES NORTHWEST OF ELGIN...MOVING EAST AT 55 MPH.
HAZARD...GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL AND 70 MPH WIND GUSTS.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...PEOPLE AND ANIMALS OUTDOORS WILL BE INJURED. EXPECT HAIL
DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...WINDOWS...AND VEHICLES. EXPECT
CONSIDERABLE TREE DAMAGE. WIND DAMAGE IS ALSO LIKELY TO
MOBILE HOMES...ROOFS...AND OUTBUILDINGS.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
INDEPENDENCE...CANEY...SEDAN...HOWARD...MOLINE...LONGTON...ELK CITY...
TYRO...GRENOLA...PERU...CHAUTAUQUA...ELK FALLS...HAVANA...ELGIN...BOLTON...
NIOTAZE...NEW ALBANY...INDEPENDENCE AIRPORT...BUXTON AND ELK CITY
STATE PARK.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
